Poverty Facts

As of 2016, over 40 million people in the US are living below the poverty line. 13.3 million of them are children. **

Many families following the existing path our country developed for upward movements did not progress, and in some cases the situation is even worse.

To effectively solve these problems, we need a lot of work and more knowledge. Poverty alleviation focuses on behavior-based research with community partners to support information provision and testing of strategies for prevention and poverty alleviation.

** Source: US Census Bureau, "Income and Poverty in America: 2015", Report P 60, n. 256, Table B-2, p. 50 - 55

Fact of poverty The number of unemployed people in the world increased from 170 million in 2007 to nearly 202 million in 2012, of which approximately 75 million are young women and men. Nearly 2.2 billion people live below the $ 2 poverty line and poverty alleviation can only be achieved through a stable high wage job. Between 2016 and 2030, the world's new entry into the labor market requires 470 million people. What can be done to solve these problems?

Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean is well known and poverty is a constant fight in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the Latin America-Caribbean Economic Committee, 167 million people in this region live in poverty (ECLAC). However, an additional 66 million people will live in extreme poverty (ECLAC). The report says that the number of the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean region has declined, but these figures are still large. - As a Caucasian American, I do not quite understand the harsh living environment Native Americans have endured. Last summer I was fishing and camping with my family at a resort in the northwestern Minnesota state. I noticed that this resort is located in the White Earth Indian Settlement. When I drove to the town near the resort, I saw that the Native American was very poor.

The overall proportion of American Indians living below the Federal poverty line is 28.2% (2008, the American Indian National Census). The disparity of the American Indians living below the poverty line in the protected area is even bigger and in our service area we have reached 38% to 63% (2006, National Education Statistics Center and other sources). Usually the head of household is forced to leave the reserve to find work and grandparents play a role of raising grandchildren. In order to survive, the large families collect their little resources to meet the basic needs. The relative poverty that these mixed families are still experiencing is best understood as a gap between total demand and unfulfilled needs.